Word
california
Phoneticscal·i·for·nia
/ˌkæɫəˈfɔɹnjə/
Definition
n. a large state on the west coast of the USA, known for cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.
n. the most populous state in the United States, located on the Pacific coast with Sacramento as its capital.
Examples
“Many people visit California to see the Golden Gate Bridge.”
“The tech industry in California attracts thousands of engineers and entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley every year.”
“As the world's fifth-largest economy by GDP, California exerts significant influence over global environmental standards and digital privacy regulations through its robust legislative framework.”
Examples
simple
“Many people visit California to see the Golden Gate Bridge.”
contextual
“The tech industry in California attracts thousands of engineers and entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley every year.”
complex
“As the world's fifth-largest economy by GDP, California exerts significant influence over global environmental standards and digital privacy regulations through its robust legislative framework.”
Etymology
Probably Spanish after California, a Utopian island of the Amazons described in Las sergas de Esplandián, a 16th-century Spanish novel. The name comes from the fictional island's Muslim-allied queen, Calafia, whose name may be a play on Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”). For more information see: Etymology of California.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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